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Native America Calling: Short films taking on big stories (December 2, 2025)
Elise Aachix̂ Qağaduug Beers and Elias Gold are bringing Native stories to light as a new initiative seeks to elevate representation in film and television. 
Native America Calling: Native candidates make strides in local elections (November 24, 2025)
Political newcomer Sierra Yazzie Asamoa-Tutu will soon be the first Navajo city council member in Gallup, New Mexico. Other Native candidates are finding success at the local level. 
A new exhibition honors Tewa people and their art, culture and landscapes in an area once claimed by the painter Georgia O’Keeffe.
Native America Calling: A new archive tells the story of Indigenous slavery (November 5, 2025)
A team of researchers are sifting through archival documents, artifacts even artwork to expand the story of Indigenous slavery. 
Cronkite News: Government shutdown drags into its third week (October 23, 2025)
Arizona federal workers, labor leaders and elected Democratic officials demanded an immediate end to the government shutdown, saying the three-week stalemate is inflicting deep hardship across the state. 
Native America Calling: Shifting the balance in historical scholarship (October 14, 2025)
The stories and written documentation on boarding schools, Indian agents and even the fictional character, Paul Bunyan, all have an influence on how we view history. 
Native America Calling: How will Native people fare in redistricting? (September 29, 2025)
An action by Republican lawmakers in Texas to redraw boundaries to favor their own candidates has implications for Native voters. 
An unassuming eatery at the Pueblo of Isleta won the top prize at the New Mexico State Fair Green Chile Cheeseburger Challenge.
Source New Mexico: Fire comes close to historic fort in Apache territory (September 23, 2025)
As Mescalero Apache performers suited up for a warrior dance, Fort Stanton manager Oliver Horn stepped onto the stoop of the old guardhouse to address the crowd that gathered. 
Native America Calling: Tribal advocates sound the alarm over radioactive exposure (September 16, 2025)
The advocacy group Tewa Women United is warning about the release of radioactive gas from the infamous Los Alamos National Laboratory. 
Native America Calling: Native women making leadership gains (September 15, 2025)
As with the general population, Native women lag behind men when it comes to elected political power. 
Source New Mexico: Native women warn about release of radioactive gas (September 11, 2025)
The Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico is releasing radioactive gas amid concerns about the impacts on human health and the environment. 
Just as coronavirus infections are on the rise, federal authorities are throwing confusing recommendations into the mix.
Native charter school announces departure of athletics director following arrest (September 8, 2025)
The Native American Community Academy took action after a staff member was charged with child abuse. 
The Pueblo of Santa Ana is celebrating the return of a clay bowl that was stolen in 1984. But many more items remain on the traffickers market.
A Native charter school in New Mexico has started off the new academic year without an athletics director.
The life and career of Diné ballet dancer Jock Soto is being celebrated. And Chickasaw composer Jerod Tate has a new album out.
The Haudenosaunee Nationals women’s team are coming off a big win at the Pan-American Women’s Lacrosse Championship.
Indigenous journalists are a means to bring balanced viewpoints to newsrooms that typically have limited interaction with Indigenous peoples.
Native people are among those suffering the most from the consequences of the nuclear age.
Source New Mexico: Funding for Navajo Nation water project in doubt (August 4, 2025)
Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-New Mexico) is calling on President Donald Trump to fund the next phase of a massive water pipeline, saying failing to do so would violate Navajo water rights and could cause the project to fail completely. 
DVIDS: Mescalero Apache Tribe welcomes military aid after flooding (August 4, 2025)
More than 90 Airmen mobilized to provide critical support to the Mescalero Apache Reservation following flooding in southern New Mexico. 
One thing is for certain, when the Native American Basketball Invitational comes to town, there are no shortages of fascinating storylines and compelling narratives to explore.
Congress just approved a massive reduction in public broadcasting funds, leaving tribal radio stations scrambling. Tribal colleges are also on the chopping block.
Tribes are raising concerns about online betting apps that appear to affect their Class III gaming rights.
The National Congress of American Indians is supporting calls to protect public lands around Chaco Canyon from energy development.
Almost 30 million tons of uranium ore was extracted from the Navajo Nation between 1944 and 1986, causing health problems for those affected.
The violent attacks on lawmakers in Minnesota are a shocking reminder of the pervasive threats that disproportionately target women and people of color.
The House Committee on Natural Resources and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce hold a joint oversight hearing into the Bureau of Indian Education.
Two Congressional committees are holding another hearing into alleged misconduct at Haskell Indian Nations University and the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute.
Deb Haaland continues to blaze new trails, this time with her campaign to be the first Native woman governor of New Mexico.
The Donald Trump administration wants to cut funding for tribal colleges by nearly 90 percent.
A border town church is facing criticism for a production that demonizes Navajo ways of life.
VIDEO: ‘Sacred, protected sites’ (June 17, 2025)
Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-New Mexico) discusses efforts to protect sacred sites with Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum.
The movement to protect sacred sites is once again drawing attention as the Trump administration pushes to open more federal lands to development.
Native America Calling: Reversing public lands protections (June 16, 2025)
President Donald Trump is expected to rescind the designation of two national monuments supported by tribes in California. 
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs holds a hearing on legislation affecting tribal lands and tribal health.
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs is taking testimony on tribal lands and health legislation.
It’s the end of an era for a mainstay of Native arts and culture in the nation’s capital.
Today marks the 30th anniversary of Native America Calling’s first national radio broadcast. Happy Birthday!
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